Telephone-cable connection.



No. 706,567. Patented Aug. l2, I902.

T. P. JONES.

TELEPHONE CABLE CONNECTION.

(Application filed June 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS P. JONES, OF OLYPI'IANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TELEPHONE-CABLE OONNECTHON.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 706,567, dated'August12, 1902. Application filed June 27,1901. Serial No. 66,261. (No model.)

To ztZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that LTHoMAs P. J oNEs,a citizen of the United States,residing at Olyphant,

in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Telephone-Gable Connection or Union, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in connections for cables,especiallytelephonecables where a plurality of wires are inclosed in anouter casing for the purpose of protecting and excluding moisture fromthe same; and the objects of my invention are, first to provide a rapidmethod for connecting telephone-cables; second, to afford facilities forrepairing wires where connected when necessary, and, third, to make amore rigid and durable connection than the method commonly used and alsoprovide for disconnecting cable when desired. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the ac companying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is an elevation showing my union or connection in position oncable after wires have been connected, wrapped, and nut of union screwedhome to position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line a; 02,showing my method of wrapping the spliced wires. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on the line 1 y, showing arrangement of the several parts. Fig.4. is a vertical section on the line a Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

The main portion or body part consists of two parts or halves connectedin the following manner: The collar A, which is a part of one of themain portions, acts as a guide or stop for the nut 13, which engageswith the threaded portion of the opposite portion or half of the bodypart. Before the wires of the cable are spliced one-half of the union ornut 13 is screwed home, compressing the covering or wrapping, making asolid air-tight joint. f

It will be noted that the collar A is in abutting engagement with theeXteriorly-threaded collar carried by the adjacent part or half. The nutB is slidably mounted on one of the parts or halves and has an enlargedinteriorlythreaded recess therein which is engaged by the threadedcollar. The covering at its ends is engaged by the contracted portionscarried by the outer ends of the parts, effectually preventing anylongitudinal movement of said covering.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combination of a casingcomprising two tubular parts adapted to receive the spliced wires andcontracted portions on the outer ends of the tubular parts, of acovering wrapped around the wires and occupying the space between thewires and the interior of the tubular parts, and means carried by thetubular parts whereby the other ends thereof may be brought together andthe covering compressed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS P. JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. MANNING, 1;. W. Srnnonn.

